The Nandé ethnic group were targeted for summary execution as well as certain pygmies who were forced to flee into the forest for the first time, accused of collaboration with the RCD-Kisangani/Mouvement de Libération (RCD-K/ML).
Las ejecuciones sumarias han tenido por objetivo la etnia Nandé y ciertos pigmeos que se han visto obligados a huir hacia el bosque por primera vez, acusados de colaborar con la Coalición Congoleña para la Democracia (RCD)-Kisangani/ML.